Kelly Webb-Davies, Lead Business Technologist at the University of Oxford’s AI Competency Centre, draws on her experiences as a neurodivergent educator in linguistics to offers a personal and practical perspective on accessibility, linguistic justice, and generative AI in higher education.
We talk about digital translanguaging, separating idea development from academic phrasing, and rethinking classroom time to foreground process as much as product.
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Jutta Treveranus, Director of Inclusive Design and Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University, talks about the Framework for Accessible and Equitable AI in Education, which looks at AI from the perspective of people with disabilities who stand to experience the extreme benefits and risks of AI.
If you're interested in learning about more about AI and accessibility, check out:
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After a longer than planned hiatus, I’m excited to kick things off again with a conversation with Professor Mollie Dollinger who’s the Director of Assessment 2030 at Curtin University.
Earlier this year Curtin University released an Assessment 2030 Strategic Planning Document, outlining their approach to reimagining assessment for the future of higher education.
Mollie and I talk about how she and her team are supporting the rollout of this framework and what she’s learned along the way.
At the end of the episode, I share some thoughts on pieces I think need to be in place to realize the benefits of these types of frameworks.
This special episode of AI Dialogues features a recently recorded Instructor Panel at McMaster University. The panel was moderated by Ben Lee Taylor, the Academic Skills Program Coordinator with the Student Success Centre, and brings together the following panelists who engages in writing instruction and support for students:
Towards the end of the recording, I pose a question to the panel that challenges the commonly held assumption that using GenAI involves outsourcing your thinking to talk about whether these tools could potentially support the writing and thinking process.
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In March 2025, the Higher Education Strategy Associates hosted the AI-Cademy conference, a Canadian AI summit for post-secondary education.
While I was at the conference, I interviewed 8 attendees to capture their perspectives on conference topics that resonated, things they'd be bringing back to their institutions, and gaps in the conversation.
Listen to insights from :
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This podcast episode is focused on a project coming out of one of the AI expert panels at McMaster around AI futures.
Shane Saunderson, who is an assistant professor in Information Systems in the DeGroote School of Business and a member of the AI Research Expert panel, talks about how the team plans to undertake this project using something called strategic foresight.
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Sarah O’Byrne, Senior Legal Counsel at McMaster University, discusses the evolving legal landscape of Generative AI. We explore key issues like copyright, intellectual property, and data privacy, focusing on two pivotal Canadian cases about data scraping and AI authorship.
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In this episode, I'm joined by Adam Renkosinski, Director of AI Talent Initiatives and Analytics at the Vector Institute. Adam and I dig into some of the key findings of the report, Artificial Intelligence Talent in Canada: Emerging AI Skills and Future Workforce, talking about the evolving landscape of AI talent in Canada, and what it means for the future of the workforce and post-secondary education.
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As a follow-up to last week's episode, you can catch my interview with Deep Learning Dialogue hosts, Katrina Gouett and Whitney McKinley, as I answer their questions about what's been happening around Generative AI at McMaster.
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Katrina Gouett and Whitney McKinley, student achievement consultants for learning innovation with the Waterloo Catholic District School Board and hosts of Deep Learning Dialogues, share their insights into how generative AI is playing out in the K-12 sector and what this means for post-secondary education.
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This special episode of AI Dialogues features a recently recorded Instructor Panel at McMaster University. The panel was moderated by Sam Scott (from S2 E7), and brings together four educators with different experiences and perspectives on using AI and generative AI for evaluation purposes. The panelists discuss advantages and disadvantages of automation in grading, how generative AI differs from previous applications of automated grading, and what this means for the future of assessment.
The panelists are:
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In this episode, Soroush Sabbaghan, an Associate Professor (Teaching) and the Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education, talks about engaging with generative AI through an EDI lens, highlighting the importance of human-centered design to mitigate bias, empower educators, and maintain transparency.
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Patrick Thibaudeau, York University's Director, IT Innovation and Academic Technologies at York University, talks about the artificial intelligence platform, AURA, that his team launched at the end of August. We discuss why York decided to build its own AI platform in house, what went into development, and how the platform is being used across the university. Have feedback or questions or want to continue the conversation? Reach out!
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Sam Scott, a teaching Stream Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Software at McMaster and part of the AI Expert Panel in Teaching and Learning that worked on revising the University's Generative AI Teaching and Learning Guidelines, shares his experience working with the expert panel and talks through some of the changes made to the guidelines.
Sam references the following articles during the interview:
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In this episode I check in with some students and see how they would react if they saw a disclosure of GenAI use statement on their course materials. I interviewed 4 different students, 2 grad, 2 undergrad, from Cognitive Psychology, Life Science, Political Science, and Philosophy. Their perspectives offer interesting nuances on differences in use, course context, and types of course material. Have feedback or questions or want to continue the conversation? Reach out!
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I’m joined by Susan McCahan, who’s the Vice-Provost of Academic Programs and Innovations in Undergraduate Education at the University of Toronto.
Susan discusses her role as the Provost’s Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and teaching and learning co-chair of U of T's AI Task Force Steering Committee, and we talk about updates to their FAQs, including the decision to allow students to use GenAI as a learning aid.
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I’m joined by two people from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), Alexandra McFarlane, who’s one of the Directors, and Ryan Tishchoff who works as a Researcher.
They’re here to talk about some of the research their group has been spearheading around Generative AI and how they hope to support further research in this area by creating a Consortium on Generative AI that’s made up of different stakeholders from post-secondary institutions in Ontario. You can find out more about HEQCO's request for proposals here - applications are due September 20.
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Jeff Casello, the Associate Vice President of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Waterloo, and chair of the Generative AI working group for the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, talks about the impact of generative AI on graduate education, the role of supervisors and students in guiding GenAI usage, and the need for open conversations when integrating AI into research processes.
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This is the second episode that delves into the use and disclosure of GenAI in teaching.
Marc Watkins, an Assistant Director of Academic Innovation and Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, talks about how to incentivize and recognize the professional development instructors need around Generative AI, how transparency in AI usage can help build trust, and the importance of ongoing dialogue with our students to understand the role of Generative AI in their learning environment.
Want to learn more? Marc regularly writes about AI and education on his Substack Rhetorica. I recommend checking out his Beyond ChatGPT series!
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